Al-Mu'minun 23:96–118

O Messenger, repel the one who is bad to you by the characteristic which is better, namely turning away from him and being patient with his harm. I know best the associating partners and denial they describe, and the unbefitting things they describe you with such as magic and insanity.

And say: “O Lord, I seek protection in You against the evil suggestions of the satans and their whisperings.

And I seek refuge in You that they should be present with me in any of my affairs”.

Until when death comes to one of these idolaters and he sees what is going to befall him, he says regretfully over his life that has escaped him and his deficiency regarding Allah: “O Lord, return me to the worldly life.

Perhaps I will do good actions when I return to it. Never. The matter is not as you requested. It is only a statement he is uttering. If he were to return to the worldly life, he would not fulfil what he promised. These people who have died will remain in a barrier between the world and the afterlife until the Day of Resurrection and rising. Thus, they will not return from it to the world, to make up for what they lost and to correct what they spoiled.

Then when the angel appointed to blow the Trumpet will blow the second time which will announce the Day of Judgment, there will be no relations between them to boast through, due to their being engrossed in the horrors of the Hearafter, and they will not question one another due to their being engrossed in what concerns them.

So whoever’s scales are heavy because of his good actions outweighing his bad actions, those are the successful ones, by attaining their objective and being saved from their fears.

And whoever’s scales are light because of his bad deeds outweighing his good deeds, those are the ones who have wasted themselves by doing that which is harmful to them, i.e., disbelief and sins, and leaving faith and good actions that were beneficial for them. They will be in the fire of hell forever and will not come out of it.

The fire will burn their faces. Therein, their top and bottom lips will shrink away from their teeth, due to severe frowning.

It will be said to rebuke them: “Were the verses of the Qur’ān not recited to you in the world but you used to deny them?”

They will say: “Our Lord, our wretchedness which had already passed in Your knowledge overcame us, and we were a people astray from the truth.

Our Lord, take us out of the fire. If we return to the disbelief and misguidance we were upon, we will surely have wronged ourselves and our excuse will be broken”.

Allah will say: “Sit in the fire and stay in there disgraced; never speak to me.

There was a group of My servants who believed in Me, saying: ‘Our Lord, we have believed in You, so forgive our sins and grant us Your mercy, and You are the best of those who show mercy’

You took these believers who called upon their Lord as a joke, mocking them and making fun of them, until being engrossed in mocking them made you forget Allah’s remembrance and you used to laugh at them, jokingly and mockingly.

I rewarded these believers with success through paradise on the Day of Judgment, due to their patience on Allah’s obedience and the harm they used to receive from you”.

He will say: “How many years did you spend on earth? And how much time did you waste therein?”

They will reply by saying: “We stayed for one day or part of a day, so ask those who pay attention to counting days and months”.

He will say: “You only stayed in the world for a short period, in which it was easy to persevere upon obedience, if only you knew the length of your stay”.

So do you think, O people, that I created you as a plaything without any wisdom, so that there will be no reward or punishment as with animals, and that you will not return to Me on the Day of Judgment for the reckoning and recompense?”

So pure is Allah, the King, who does as He wishes with His creation, and Who Himself is True, His promise is true and His saying is true. There is no true deity besides Him, Lord of the Noble Throne which is the biggest creation. He Who is Lord of the biggest creation is Lord of all the creation.

Whoever calls upon another god besides Allah for which he has no proof (and this is the case with every god besides Allah), the reward of his bad action is with his Lord, as He is the One Who will reward him for it by punishing him. The disbelievers will not be successful in attaining what they desire and being saved from their fears.

Say - O Messenger: “O Lord, forgive my sins, grant me Your mercy, and You are the best of those who show mercy”.